Online book and author sites:

http://www.teachingbooks.net/pronunciations.cgi
http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides.html Guides for book talks
http://www.candlewick.com/authill.asp?b=Author&aud=03&audss=00&pg=&m=actlist&a=&id=0&pix=n&audssmenu=0300 Guides for book talks
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ International Children's digital Library. Cool site
http://www.readingrockets.org/podcasts/authors Listen or view a video of authors who are being interviewed.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Authors/Children_s/ Directory of children's authors click on the links to take you to the author websites.
http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~tbushey/author.html Celebrate Children's Authors.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkBrown/authors.html Children's book authors and illustrators on the web.
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/authors.asp Author Bios
http://www.bethanyroberts.com/childrensbookauthors.htm Links that connect to author websites.
http://www.childrensauthorsnetwork.com/ This site is not as inclusive as some of the above sites but worth looking at.
http://www.cbcbooks.org/ Children's Book Council website
http://earlylit.net/wordpress/about-storytime-share/ A blog that shares tips about story time and what books to read when teaching specific topics.
http://www.highsmith.com/librarysparks/ Library Sparks website, for full access you need to have a subscription.
http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/children/newberyranking.html This site ranks the Newbery winners, I found it humorous and informative.

Online Personal/Professional Development:

http://schoollibrarylearning2.blogspot.com/2007/02/23-things_27.html A blog that challenges you to keep learning.
http://www.thejournal.com/articles/23898_3 Top 10 Web 2.0 tools for young learners.
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/ Online classes and workshops.
http://www.readingrockets.org/ Supports reading
http://digitallearning.macfound.org/site/c.enJLKQNlFiG/b.2029199/k.94AC/Latest_News.htm MacArthur Foundation supports reseach and the results are posted on this website.
http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.3a88fea28f42ada7c6ce5a10c3921509/?vgnextoid=85b65784623f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD A website that posts tests for students to support learning.
http://www.libsuccess.org A library wiki to consult.
http://k12learning20.wikispaces.com/23things Provides a tutorial of Web 2.0 tools
http://onlinecollegedegree.org/2009/03/19/100-tips-apps-and-resources-for-teachers-on-twitter/ Tips for Twitter use.